BELEMNITES. 



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an internal coiled shell. The shells of Spirula Peronii La- 

 marck are rarely thrown ashore on Nantucket ; it lives upon 



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Pig. 222. Pearly Nautilus, N. pompilius. Seen in section showing 

 the chambers and siphuncle. Half natural size. From Tenney's Zo- 

 ology. 



the high seas. The extinct Belemnites was provided with an 

 air-cavity (phragmocone) with a straight shell, the " thunder- 



Fig. 223. Poulpe or Common Octopus of Brazilian Coast 



bolt" fossil. Allied to Loligo and Ommastrephes, are gigan- 

 tic cuttle-fishes which live in mid-ocean, but whose remains 



